Build Master: Scheduling

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-11-14 09:39, luka8088 wrote:

> Just a wild thought...
>
> Maybe we can have monthly release and still keep it stable. Imagine this
> kind of release schedule:
>
> Month #  11          12          1           2           3
>
>           2.064       2.065       2.066       2.067       2.068
>           2.065rc2    2.066rc2    2.067rc2    2.068rc2    2.069rc2
>           2.066rc1    2.067rc1    2.068rc1    2.069rc1    2.070rc1
>           2.067b2     2.068b2     2.069b2     2.070b2     2.071b2
>           2.068b1     2.069b1     2.070b1     2.071b1     2.072b1
>           2.069alpha  2.070alpha  2.071alpha  2.072alpha  2.073alpha
>
> Where new features are only added to alpha release. And bug fixes are
> added to all releases.
>
> This way new bug fixes and new features would be released every month
> but there would be a 5 month delay between the time that feature A is
> added to the alpha release and the time feature A is propagated to the
> stable release. But during this period feature A would be propagated
> through releases and there would be plenty of opportunity to test it and
> clear it of bugs. I am not a fan of such delay but I don't see any other
> way new features could be added without higher risk of bugs.
>
> Also vote up for daily snapshots.

Are you saying we should have six releases going on at the same time?

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/Jacob Carlborg